title: Palmar cutaneous metastasis from carcinoma cervix.
abstract: Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is the most common gynecological malignancy in developing countries. However, its cutaneous metastasis is a rare entity. The reported incidence of cutaneous metastasis ranges from 0.1 to 2%. Frequent sites of cutaneous metastasis in decreasing order are: abdominal wall, vulva and anterior chest wall. To the best of our knowledge, only three cases of cutaneous metastasis to the upper extremity have been reported in the world. We report a case of a 74-year-old postmenopausal lady diagnosed to have carcinoma cervix (stage IIIB) who presented with cutaneous metastasis to palm and thigh, 10 months after radical radiotherapy. At presentation, the primary disease had resolved completely. She had a small nodular growth in the left palm and left thigh. Fine needle aspirate cytology and core needle biopsy from both the nodular lesions were positive for squamous cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, JIPMER, Pondicherry-605 006, India.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Elamurugan
authors.forename: Ajit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dinesh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aravind
authors.forename: Dipankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Naskar
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kate
authors.forename: Rani
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Sujindra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elamurugan
authors.forename: Debdatta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Basu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*